Lexicon :: Strong's H2555 - ḥāmās

Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with wickedness.[fn]

Then God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to every creature, for the earth is filled with wickedness because of them; therefore I am going to destroy them along with the earth.

Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for my suffering![fn] I put my slave in your arms,[fn] and when she saw that she was pregnant, I became contemptible to her. May the LORD judge between me and you.”

“Simeon and Levi are brothers;

their knives are vicious weapons.

“You must not spread a false report. Do not join[fn] the wicked to be a malicious witness.

“If a malicious witness testifies against someone accusing him of a crime,

so that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood would be avenged on their brother Abimelech, who killed them, and on the citizens of Shechem, who had helped him kill his brothers.

my God,[fn] my rock where I seek refuge.

My shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold, my refuge,

and my Savior, you save me from violence.

He frees me from my enemies.

You exalt me above my adversaries;

you rescue me from violent men.

David went out to meet them and said to them, “If you have come in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you, but if you have come to betray me to my enemies even though my hands have done no wrong, may the God of our ancestors look on it and judge.”

although my hands are free from violence

and my prayer is pure.

I cry out, “Violence! ” but get no response;

I call for help, but there is no justice.

His trouble comes back on his own head;

his own violence comes down on top of his head.

The LORD examines the righteous,

but he hates the wicked

and[fn] those who love violence.

He frees me from my enemies.

You exalt me above my adversaries;

you rescue me from violent men.

Consider my enemies; they are numerous,

and they hate me violently.

Do not give me over to the will of my foes,

for false witnesses rise up against me,

breathing violence.

Malicious witnesses come forward;

they question me about things I do not know.

Lord, confuse[fn] and confound their speech,[fn]

for I see violence and strife in the city;

No, you practice injustice in your hearts;

with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.

He will redeem them from oppression and violence,

for their lives are[fn] precious[fn] in his sight.

Therefore, pride is their necklace,

and violence covers them like a garment.

Consider the covenant,

for the dark places of the land are full of violence.

Rescue me, LORD, from evil men.

Keep me safe from violent men

Protect me, LORD,

from the power of the wicked.

Keep me safe from violent men

who plan to make me stumble.[fn]

Do not let a slanderer stay in the land.

Let evil relentlessly[fn] hunt down a violent man.

Don’t envy a violent man

or choose any of his ways;

They eat the bread of wickedness

and drink the wine of violence.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous,

but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,

but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

From the fruit of his mouth,

a person will enjoy good things,

but treacherous people have an appetite for violence.

A violent person lures his neighbor,

leading him on a path that is not good.

The one who sends a message by a fool’s hand

cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

He was assigned a grave with the wicked,

but he was with a rich man at his death,

because he had done no violence

and had not spoken deceitfully.

Their webs cannot become clothing,

and they cannot cover themselves with their works.

Their works are sinful works,

and violent acts are in their hands.

Violence will never again be heard of in your land;

devastation and destruction

will be gone from your borders.

You will call your walls Salvation

and your city gates Praise.

As a well gushes out its water,

so she pours out her evil.[fn]

Violence and destruction resound in her.

Sickness and wounds keep coming to my attention.

For whenever I speak, I cry out,

I proclaim, “Violence and destruction! ”

so the word of the LORD has become my

constant disgrace and derision.

“Let the violence done to me and my family be done to Babylon,”

says the inhabitant of Zion.

“Let my blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea,”

says Jerusalem.

May you not become cowardly and fearful

when the report is proclaimed in the land,

for the report will come one year,

and then another the next year.

There will be violence in the land

with ruler against ruler.

Violence has grown into a rod of wickedness.

None of them will remain:

none of that crowd,

none of their wealth,

and none of the eminent[fn] among them.

Forge the chain,

for the land is filled with crimes of bloodshed,

and the city is filled with violence.

And he said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the detestable acts they are doing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and repeatedly anger me, even putting the branch to their nose?[fn]

“Then say to the people of the land, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says about the residents of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their[fn][fn] land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who live there.

“Through the abundance of your trade,

you were filled with violence, and you sinned.

So I expelled you in disgrace

from the mountain of God,

and banished you, guardian cherub,[fn]

from among the fiery stones.

“This is what the Lord GOD says: You have gone too far,[fn] princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Put an end to your evictions of my people.” This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.

Egypt will become desolate,

and Edom a desert wasteland,

because of the violence done to the people of Judah

in whose land they shed innocent blood.

The people are incapable of doing right —

this is the LORD’s declaration —

those who store up violence and destruction

in their citadels.

You dismiss any thought of the evil day

and bring in a reign of violence.

You will be covered with shame

and destroyed forever

because of violence done to your brother Jacob.